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Aleksandar Trajkovski

Aleksandar Trajkovski (Macedonian: Александар Трајковски; born 5 September 1992) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays for Hajduk Split and the North Macedonia national team. Mainly a forward, he can also play as a winger or an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Trajkovski began his career with FK Cementarnica 55. In May 2010, he joined Chelsea in a trial, scoring the winning goal against Botafogo at the U-19 Copa Amsterdam tournament which guaranteed Chelsea a place in the semi-finals.[2]

After a few years with Cementarnica Skopje, he signed for Inter Zaprešić in the summer of 2010.[3] Good performances in the second half of the season attracted the interest of Dinamo Zagreb,[4][5] but Trajkovski said that he was not interested in a possible move. At the end of the season, R.S.C. Anderlecht was interested in buying Trajkovski, but their offer of a €500,000 transfer fee was rejected.[5] He joined the Belgian club Zulte Waregem for the new 2011–12 season after their offer of €1.1m was accepted by Inter Zaprešić.[5][6]

In the summer of 2015, he moved to Italian Serie A club Palermo, signing a five-year contract.[7] In the same year, he was named "Macedonian footballer of the year".[8] Following Palermo's exclusion from the Serie B, he was released together with all other players in July 2019.

On 7 August 2019, Trajkovski agreed to a four-year contract with La Liga newcomers RCD Mallorca.[9] After two seasons at Mallorca, Trajkovski was loaned out to Danish Superliga club AaB on 31 August 2021, for the rest of the season.[10]

On 30 January 2022, Trajkovski joined Saudi club Al-Fayha on an 18-month contract.[11] On 19 May 2022, he won the 2022 King Cup Final with Al-Fayha against Al Hilal.[12]

International career

On 22 May 2012, the Macedonia U21 national team defeated the Netherlands 1–0 in a friendly match, with the sole goal scored by Trajkovski.[13][14]

Trajkovski debuted for the Macedonian senior squad on 10 August 2011 in a 1–0 away friendly victory against Azerbaijan.[15] He scored his first goal on 14 August 2013 in a 2–0 home friendly victory against Bulgaria.[16] Trajkovski scored a hat-trick on 12 November 2015 in a 4–1 victory over Montenegro at the Philip II Stadium in Skopje.[17]

Trajkovski was selected for the UEFA Euro 2020 as North Macedonia gained its first major tournament.[18] On 24 March 2022, he scored a last-minute long-range goal in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying playoff semi-finals to beat Italy 1–0 at his former club ground in Palermo, eliminating Italy from the FIFA World Cup for a second consecutive time.[19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 May 2021[20]
  1. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in Belgian Pro League Playoffs
  2. ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in Serie B Playoffs

International

As of match played 20 October 2023[22]
Scores and results list North Macedonia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Trajkovski goal.

Honours

Al-Fayha

Notes

  1. ^ "Aleksandar Trajkovski – Prima squadra 2016/2017 – U.S. Città di Palermo". U.S. Città di Palermo (in Italian). Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Aleksandar Trajkovski guest player for Chelsea". Macedonian Football. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Trajkovski Aleksandar". Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Trajkovski na meti Dinama". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  5. ^ a b c Vande Velde, Stephane (23 June 2011). "Anderlecht se fait doubler pour Trajkovski". Sport/Foot Magazine (in French). Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Aleksandar Trajkovski joins Zulte Waregem". macedonianfootball.com. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  7. ^ "TRAJKOVSKI E' ROSANERO". palermocalcio.it. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Trajkovski nominato miglior calciatore dell'anno". mediagol.it. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Acuerdo con Aleksandar Trajkovski" [Agreement with Aleksandar Trajkovski] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  10. ^ AaB lejer offensiv profil, aabsport.dk, 31 August 2021
  11. ^ "المقدوني ألكسندر ترايكوفسكي ينتقل للفيحاء". dawriplus.com (in Arabic). 31 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Al-Fayha shock Al-Hilal in King's Cup final to claim first-ever major trophy". Arab News. 20 May 2022.
  13. ^ "U21 friendly: Netherlands – Macedonia 0:1". MacedonianFootball.com. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  14. ^ "У-21: Трајковски ги урна Холанѓаните". Ekipa Macedonia (in Macedonian). Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  15. ^ "Аце Трајковски трет на вечната листа со најголем број настапи за репрезентацијата (ФОТО)" [Ace Trajkovski third on the all-time list with the most appearances for the national team (Photo)]. Ekipa Macedonia (in Macedonian). 15 October 2023.
  16. ^ Kovalev, Aleksandar. "Македонија-Бугарија на 29 март на "Филип Втори"". gol.mk (in Macedonian). Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  17. ^ "Три гола на Трајковски, Македонија ја декласира Црна Гора" [Three goals by Trajkovski, Macedonia outclassed Montenegro]. Denar (in Macedonian). 13 November 2015.
  18. ^ "North Macedonia's full 26-man Euro 2020 squad". The Athletic. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  19. ^ "Italy 0–1 North Macedonia". BBC Sport. 24 March 2022.
  20. ^ "A. Trajkovski". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  21. ^ Aleksandar Trajkovski at National-Football-Teams.com
  22. ^ a b "Aleksandar Trajkovski Profile". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 6 October 2017.

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